Prepositions · CEFR B1 · Independent
Adjective + preposition — English prepositions
An adjective and its preposition are learned together as one item. There is no rule to work them out from.
The shape
good AT · afraid OF · interested IN · married TO
Describe how you feel about something correctly.
In Hindi
विशेषण और उसका preposition साथ में सीखे जाते हैं — इनका कोई नियम नहीं है।
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The mistake to fix first
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
She is good in maths. | She is good at maths. The pair is "good at" — "good in" is a direct translation from Hindi. |
Easy to confuse with
Close enough to be mixed up with this one. Knowing the difference is most of knowing either.
Questions people ask
- What is the adjective + preposition used for?
- An adjective and its preposition are learned together as one item. There is no rule to work them out from. In practice: describe how you feel about something correctly.
- How do you form the adjective + preposition?
- good AT · afraid OF · interested IN · married TO.
- What is the most common mistake with the adjective + preposition?
- Saying “She is good in maths.” instead of “She is good at maths.”. The pair is "good at" — "good in" is a direct translation from Hindi.
Where adjective + preposition fits
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
Adjective + preposition is a CEFR B1 structure — the independent band — and it belongs to prepositions. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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